Trump Has Detained the Parents of More Than 11,000 U.S. Citizen Kids
So much for "family values."
A report from ProPublica revealed that in the first seven months of Trump’s second term, authorities arrested and detained the parents of at least 11,000 U.S. citizen children.
This is an average of 50 U.S. citizen children per day whose parents are detained.
The impact on women has escalated too.
Trump is deporting roughly four times as many mothers of U.S. citizen children each day as the previous administration.
More are being arrested, and far fewer are allowed to return home, with nearly 60% of these cases now ending in deportation (compared to about 30% under Biden).
The article recounts the story of a sobbing Florida mother handing her 4-month-old baby and 8-year-old daughter to her pastors, a married couple, so they could be cared for and avoid entering the foster system after she was detained by local law enforcement working with federal immigration authorities.
We can’t just stand by and watch this happen in our communities. We need to take our fear and anger and turn them into action.
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